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Benjamin Carson order mean moving Here's a nation, one of the founding pillars was freedom of speech and freedom of expression. And yet, we have imposed upon people restrictions on what they can say, on what they can think. And the media is the largest proponent of this, crucifying people who say things really quite innocently. Benjamin Carson media expression thinking Bullies do whatever they can get away with and keep pushing boundaries until they meet resistance. Benjamin Carson pushing-boundaries bully resistance America became a great nation early on not because it was flooded with politicians, but because it was flooded with people who understood the value of personal responsibility, hard work, creativity, innovation, and that's what will get us on the right track now, as well. Benjamin Carson creativity hard-work responsibility We need to start thinking about the needs of the American people before we go and solve everybody else's problems. 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Benjamin Carson religious add character Maybe that's the problem. But whether they've heard it of not. The issue is the train that is going off the cliff. After we save the country, after we keep the train from going off the cliff, I would welcome, quite frankly, a discussion of morality in this country. I think it would be a wonderful thing if we bring back our Judeo-Christian values once again. I think it could do nothing but help us. I would be all in favor of that. Benjamin Carson christian country thinking
